Jan 12
2011
Biologically inexplicable boom highlights uncertainty about management
BIG INK: Julie Stewart, a graduate student at Hopkins Marine Station, sits next to a rendering of a Humboldt squid printed in its own ink. Photo by Nic Coury
By Danna Staaf
On Dec. 17, 2010, the California market squid-fishing season was closed for the first time in history. The statewide catch hit the harvest limit of 118,000 tons, with 20,000 tons caught in Monterey Bay and 98,000 tons in Southern California, bringing in a total of $59 million.
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